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<div><font color="#000000"> AUGUST 27, 2007 3:34 pm<br>
Larry Craig Arrested</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">BY BW STAFF</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">We're only just getting this newsbreak now:
U.S. Sen. Larry Craig was arrested in June on lewd conduct charges in
a Minneapolis airport.<br>
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Details as we get them. Roll Call has the report, but their Web site
is clogged to traffic, and no wonder.<br>
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We've got an excerpt of Roll Call's report:<br>
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Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport
by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints
in a men's public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by
Roll Call Monday afternoon.<br>
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Craig's arrest occurred just after noon on June 11 at Minneapolis-St.
Paul International Airport. On Aug. 8, he pleaded guilty to
misdemeanor disorderly conduct in the Hennepin County District Court.
He paid more than $500 in fines and fees, and a 10-day jail sentence
was stayed. He also was given one year of probation with the court
that began on Aug. 8.<br>
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A spokesman for Craig described the incident as a "he said/he
said misunderstanding," and said the office would release a
fuller statement later Monday afternoon.<br>
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After he was arrested, Craig, who is married, was taken to the Airport
Police Operations Center to be interviewed about the lewd conduct
incident, according to the police report. At one point during the
interview, Craig handed the plainclothes sergeant who arrested him a
business card that identified him as a U.S. Senator and said,
"What do you think about that?" the report states.<br>
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Craig was detained for approximately 45 minutes, interviewed,
photographed, fingerprinted and released, and police prepared a formal
complaint for interference with privacy and disorderly
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